Recent content by HD-DTVdave

Good Morning! I took my equipment (and a generator/inverter) to Fish Lake yesterday to see if I had learned anything through our discussions on the forum over the last few days. Since I was only planning on being there for a couple hours, I just set up in the back of my truck. All I can say...

Great input, guys. I have learned more about setting up satellite dishes from you in the last 24 hours than I knew during the last 8 years of having my portable setup. Who says you can't learn stuff when your 64? : ) I now have my post level (used it to practice my set up of the tripod this...

One last question . . . how critical is the skew setting? On this mobile unit, the skew was set by the DirecTV technician to 102.5 degrees, because it was set up here at my home. The skew parameter returned by DishPointer shows 103.1 degrees for the site that I camp at. Will that small...

Fair enough. I will be making a trip to a few of my local hardware / home improvement stores today! I can see where the bubble level could get out of position easily and I've often wondered about their accuracy. After taking a look at a few post levels online, I agree that it would be to my...

I really appreciate everyone's input! I am now very confident that I know which satellite I need to be looking for, and DishPointer is giving me the settings I need to use. Bob, I see that the settings for the two different satellite selections that you pointed out in the DishPointer drop-down...

Chip & Jimbo, thanks for your responses . . . . . Jimbo, Yes, I am using the SWM in both locations. Before I went on the camping trip last weekend, I had the configuration set up in my back yard, and it was working perfectly. Also, after I came back from the trip, I set it back up in my yard...

I am a DirecTV customer, and have an HD setup (including HD dish with a single LNB that I use for camping - RV). The setup has the SWM device in the configuration.. I have no trouble finding the satellite and getting a good signal when I set this up outside in my yard at home for practice, but...